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I love the small Italian eggplant now in the market.
Here’s a quick recipe that explodes with flavor. Just cut the eggplants in half and bake them in the oven topped with crushed San Marzano tomatoes and grated pecorino. The eggplant are soft and sweet and the grated cheese forms a crispy top.
As the eggplant cools many don’t make it off the top of the stove. Pilferers grab one to make sure they turned out well. I always have to make extra so I have enough for an antipasti platter or as a side for meat that I’m serving that day. You can keep leftovers in the fridge for a couple of days.
I like the baby eggplant hot out of the oven but I like them better at room temperature.
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UPDATE (2/15/14): This blog post was so popular, I decided to show you how to do it. Check out the video above!
Baked Baby Italian Eggplant
Ingredients
- 4 small Italian eggplant
- 2 tablespoons EVOO
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 cup Italian canned San Marzano tomatoes, crushed well by hand or pureed
- 1/4 cup grated pecorino
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup water
Cooking Directions
- Heat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Cut of the stem of the eggplant and cut each in half.
- Lightly score the top of the eggplant on the diagonal in both directions to form diamonds.
- Put the eggplant in a single layer in a baking dish cut side up.
- Drizzle each half with EVOO.
- Sprinkle sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
- Evenly distribute the crushed tomato on top of each half.
- Sprinkle the oregano on top of the crushed tomato.
- Sprinkle the grated pecorino evenly on each half.
- Pour the water in the bottom of the baking dish.
- Cover the baking dish tightly with foil.
- Bake until the eggplant are knife tender, about 20 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees.
- Uncover the pan and bake until the pecorino is lightly browned and the eggplant start to collapse in on themselves.
- Serve hot or at room temperature.
- Serves 4.
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So happy to have found your recipe …. These were delicious! Thank you, thank you.
Marilyn
Wonderful-I love your recipes. :):)
Hello Gianni:
Thank you very much for all your delicious recipes. This season we are growing small Italian eggplants and this recipe sounds perfecto!!!!! Ciao Elaine
Ciao Elaine. Let me know how the eggplant turns out. Keep on cooking.
Buon appetito!
–Gianni
Great re ipe
Hello….I love your recipes. They are exactly the way we cook in bell unto northern Italy. I have made the baby eggplant twice Nd love them especially cold
Hello gianni…..I love looking at your recipes. Do you make crostoli
Ciao Livia. Yes, here’s the link to my text recipe. https://www.gianni.tv/bow-ties-wandi-cenci-a-sweet-crackly-holiday-recipe/
Call them what you want, crostoli, wandi, cenci, they’re basically the same light fried dough dusted with powdered sugar. I love them.
You forgot to mention when to use the oregano.
Ciao Carolee. Thanks for letting me know. Sprinkle the oregano on top of the tomato sauce before you sprinkle the grated cheese. I edited the recipe. Buon appetito!
–Gianni
Gianni, this simple dish is one of the most delicious things I’ve ever eaten at your table. Thanks for the recipe!
Ciao Bella. Yeah these eggplants are really simple to make and simply delicious.